The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-01

ment:
"Tho town OF Florence, by votes
Unanimous of taxpayors meeting,
and of its town council, has pledged
itself to provide the Jail and courthouse
FREQ OF expense to the new county, and
at the cost Of tho town, provided they
be located in Florence; and by request
of the town council, bill is pending in
the Legislature to authorize the town to
ISSUE bonds and levy taxes for the pur-
pose. This will start the new county
free OF debt The town of Florence is
free OF debt, and in u healthy financial
sltuation-and the same remlrk is equal
ly applicable TO tho counties of Marion,
Darlington and williamsburg. Tho
taxes Of the territory proposed to be in
cluded III the now county will amply
support its county government without
the necessity of increase over the best
rate III any of the old ones, nor will the
Old counties after separation be com
PEELED to raise their rates in order to get
along. The saving in their immense
mileage bills will abundantly compensate
for all difference in receipts. Florence
Gas ane inducement to locate) has ex-
empted from municipal taxation tho ex-
tensive and costly machine shops Of the
Atlantic Coast Limo, which, nevertheless,
pay the State and county taxes"
They also urge that ''large tracts of
untappod forest lands exist in the OK
tromc parts of West Marion and North
Williamsburg, which Will be devcloped
by the impetus derived from q now
county seat, advantageously located,
and the rise in values will be followed
by heavier tax receipts; while the rise in
values III Florence, from natural growth
OF the town, accelerated as it will be, if
made q county capital, will also add
heaVy and ever increasing sums to tho
treasury OF the county"
THE TAXATION OF DOGS.
! Considerable debate arose in the
House, when Mr.. Boozer, Of Lexington,
called up his bill to tax dogs. This bill
provided license tax of 81 per yea, to
be paid by the owner of every dog in the
State. The tax to be applied to the use
of the free schools. Mr.. Boozer made O
strong speech in support of his bill,
showing that The dogs III this State cost
The people over $4,000, 600 per annum.
The bill, said he, did not Contemplate
the annlhilatiOn of tho canine rach; it
simply proposed to make tho owners
pay for the privilege Of owning them.
Mr.. BOozcr urged particularly that those
doves, and Op0ssums coulG very we'll
afford 10 pay for thcir pets.
Mr.. SecRcrs, of Richlnnd, also adyo-
Gated the bill. Ii the people Of the State
would raise moro hogs and sheep and
fewer dogs, there would soon DO an in
crease IN its prosperity.
Nlr. Davenport, Of GreenYillc, said
that man who couldn't raise dogs and
hogs, too, must be n mighty poor man.
lie had himself raised moro children
than any man i'll this House and he had
scvon hound dogs, half dog to q
child. He also had plenty of hogs
An hour was consumed in the discus
sion, after which the bill was indefinitely
postponed, So to 36.
TINliERINC AT TIE ELECTION LAW.
At the last session, Miller, the likely
mulatto who in part represents the
negro ridden county of Beaufort, intro
duccd a bill to amend tho election law
his objective point being the abolition
of the "cight boX-Iaw" Ho called up
his bill on "Wednesday morning. Immc-
diatnly his colleague Washington moved
to strike out the cnacting words--a mo-
ton which enabled Miller to make n
strong speech, explaining the purport Of
his bill, the effect of which would be to
turn the State over again body and soul
to the Republican party, which ruled it
so successfully from 1868 to 1876. Mil
ler mentioned incidentally in the course
of his remarks that the "grand old par
ty,' was dead, and would never again
raise ITS head in this State; statement
which waB received by the House "with
Il good many grains OF salt" Miller
finished his Grafton and IL motion was
speedily made and adopted to Indefinite
ly postpone the bill. Yes %, nays 5.
All the colored Democrats voted with
tho majority.
Mr.. Aldrich's bill to amend Section 80
of the General Statutes was next reached
and passed 1t disqualifies from voting
persons kept in any almshouse or
asylum, or of unsound mind, or confined
IN any public prison, or who shall have
been convicted of treason, murder, bur
glary, larceny, perjury, forgery or other
infamous crime, or duclling
Another OF AIilicr's amendments was
next indefinitely postponed, viz: a bill
to amend the General Statutes relating
to the qualification and registration OF
voters. Miller consumed about an hour
and half of the timo of the House in
tho exercise of his constitutional right to
speak, and to demand the yeas and nays.
lie was soon satiStiCd-with the yeas and
nays, if not with their relative number.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Tho Trustees Of the University have
formulated in bill their plan to raise
the standard Of the South Carolina Col
lcgc, to reOrganizo its several depart
| ments, and to increase it's efficiency
The bill has already been introduced.
The Trustees arc also seeking tc
mature scheme to procure farm ol
, one hundred acres in or near Columbia
to be under the management of the
Agricultural Department of tho institu
tion.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Hon. T.. B. Murray has introduced in the
Senate bill to organize the State Agri
cultural College, and to deyolvo the
duties Of the present Department O
I Agriculture upon the trustees of sucI
College.
L FOUR-IGOLE SWAMP.
. Four-Hole Swamp was discussed o
length, in tho shape of bill to declare
certain lakes in Colloton and Borkcle,
: counties private property, the lakes il